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A guess: The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
You are correct, sir
That’s a really interesting first line. I’ve never read it.
I’ve never read it, but with the Arabic name of the Archangel Gabriel in the line it’s hard to think of what else it might be.
It’s quite a book. I like his writing a lot. Very whimsical.